Railroad rolling-stock and other vehicle.



J. M. HOLMES.

RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK AND OTHER VEHIOLE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 31, 1911.

1,049,582. I Patented Jan.7, 1913.

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RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK AND OTHER VEHIGLE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 31, 1911.

1,049,582. Patented Jan. 7, 1913.

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Ta -all whom it may concern Befit known thatI, JOHN Glens Falls, in the county of "Warren and State of New York, have invented certain.

new and useful Improvements in Railroad .Itolling-Stock, and other vehicles, and do hereby declare thatthe following is afull,

clear, and exact description ofv the same, reference being had to the annexed draw: g ings, making a part of this specification, 7 andto the letters and figures of reference xinarked thereon.

[The principal object of'my invention is to avoid the great strains and wear, andin the case of railroadsythegdangen to life'and. property from accident,-which" are due to the I mounting of ;two-*wheels on the same I axle and arise from the turning of curves,

and other conditionsthat call for a-diileren tial rotation of the ,wheels,,an'd for the at- 1 tainment of'this object and othersmore or less incidental thereto,*my invention con ,for it is applicable to locomotives as well as to other vehicles that donot run on tracks or rails, with such modification or alteration of form as maybe required by the special conditions that'exist.

f H "tween the bottom .main/beams'and the bot- The truck shown in" the'drawings comprises similar side members 10, each composed of two parallelmain beams spaced apart and secured by vertical bolts 11, and

two shorter bracebeams, respectively above I and below the main lbeams, at the center portion of the member, through whose end portions certain of the bolts 11 pass, and through which at intermediate points, pass long bolts 12, which also pass through the main beams, and through spacer tubes, 18, interposed between the main beams and betom brace beam. A pair of cross beams, 14;,

I connect the two sidemembers, 10, the ends" 1 f of said cross beams lying between the top e and perforated for tlicgpassage of the bolts,

main beam and the'tops of the, spacers, 13,

' Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed August 31, 1911. V SerialNo. 647,025.

I M. HOLMES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Patented 12, and brackets or knee braces, 15,' extend is bolted to both.

The lbolster iscomprised of two similar crcss.bars,'16, that at their inner ends have .holes for the passage of thebolts, 12, which ends liebeneath the brace beams,11 andrest,

upon coiled'springs, 17 ,that bear upon the main beams, and intermediate their ends, saidcross bars 16,'rest uponlike springsIS circle bolts, 19; that pass through these parts. At thetransverse center of the bolster, there is a bearing plate, QOfupo'n which the car body rests, and depending from said plate isa bolt' socket,i21,for a pivot bolt. Said; 'so'cket,'sat its lower endfpasses through "and:

. '75 I .22 supportedby'the cross beams, 14. Near jeachpsideofthe truck,;the bolster bars are isguided. iii-itsvert-ical'motion by a plate :joined rail or bar, 23, which forms a fibearing-o-r support for the car body. .;It

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tion,.Y-is the independent mounting otthe Jan. 7,191 3,

will be seen that I i provide simple, yet am @ple cushioning means to prevent the trans-x misslonjof objectionable jars and -'concus% important characteristic of "my inven:

from the middle portion of each cross beam 7 H to the. bottom main'beam and at its ends I that bear upon the cross beams 14 and en.-

wheels, so that 'eachiwheel can 'revolvef ab: g solutelylindependently of the others, and, 1 hence, each can revolve at just the' rate of,

speed it should revolve according 'to the par '90 t-icular requirements for each wheel. Thus, in railro'ad worlgfor example, the skidding or sliding of one wheel with increased strain andwear on flange and rail, whichmean loss of speed, besides wear and tear, and danger of derailing the train, .due to the rounding of a curve, is-completely avoided. To secure this (independence of the wheels, I

mount but one wheel, 25, on an axle, 26,;

anduse'jan axle of the standard length, that y a a is one thatis just as long as if. two wheels were to. be applied to it, andthe ends of the} j a a respective axles are journaled in alining boxes 2770f usual, orany desired, construe-" tion, mounted on the'side members, 1 0,of T the truck. The axles are placed close'to gether, in pairs, and 'thef'wheels of a pair. are at QPPOSllK-B sides of the truck, so that'the n points of support shallbe; as equally dis tributed as is necessary to secure stability, For each wheel, there is a brake device,

which, as shown, consists 'ofa lever 28"car ry- 1 p ing abrake shoe at its gouterend, andv piy-p 1 oted on a bar 29 that is bolted at its ends to and extends at a slight angle between the side members, 10, thus bracing or stiffening the truck, as well as providing a support for the brake mechanism. The inner ends of a pair of brake levers 28 on the same brace bar 29, are connected by a coiled spring that swings the levers in a direction to take the shoes from the wheels, while to move said levers in the opposite direction, to apply the brake shoes, a two-armed cam 30 is pivoted to the brace bar between the levers and to the cam is connected one end of a draw rod or bar 31, or other device, running to some convenient operating device, on the platform of the car, or elsewhere, by which the brake can be applied. The point of most convenient application of the brake shoes to the wheels is the front side of one wheel and the rear side of another wheel of a pair.

The truck can be made of metal, or wood and metal, but of course, my invention is not concerned with the particular materials employed, as the choice of material is a mere matter of design; as, also, are the details of construction, such as the number of axles, so that many changes in these respects can be made without departing from the scope of my invention.

What I claim is l. The combination of a truck having side members, two pairs of axles, bearings in said side members for all the axles, all the bearings on the same side member being in alinement, a single wheel for each axle, the wheels of a pair of axles being located atopposite sides of the truck, inside the side members, the radius of the wheels being less than the distance between the pairs of axles, a bar extending obliquely between the two wheels of a pair of axles to the side members of the truck, and brake members supported by said bars.

2. A vehicle having axles, independent supports for each axle, a single wheel for each axle, the wheels being located at opposite sides of the vehicle, and a brake for each wheel, one at the front side of one wheel and one at the rear side of the opposite wheel.

3. A vehicle having a truck with side members, axles, bearings for the axles on said side members, a single wheel for each axle, the wheels being located at opposite sides of the truck and at the inner side of the side members of the truck, a bar extending between the side members, and brake mechanism mounted on said bar having oppositely facing shoes that are adapted to engage, respectively, the pair of wheels at opposite sides of the truck.

91-. The combination of a truck, opposite wheels, a cross bar on the truck, a pair of oppositely extending levers on said cross bar, a cam on said bar acting on both levers,

and a spring connecting the levers.

In t-estlmony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN M. HOLMES.

lNitnesses:

HOWARD J. BUSH, STEUART MAOFARLAND.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

